Bandai Visual has released Katsuhiro Otomo's omnibus MEMORIES on Laser Disc. The three disc set comes with a velvet slipcase and includes a reprint of the original movie program. Memories is a 1995 released film that consist in three original stories by Katsuhiro Otomo.

■EPISODE 1 - MAGNETIC ROSE「彼女の想いで」: Based on short manga by Katsuhiro Otomo was Directed by Koji Morimoto (森本 晃司)

■EPISODE 2 - STINK BOMB「最臭兵器」: Directed by Tensai Okamura (岡村 天斎), Katsuhiro Otomo was in charge of the script and the Character Designs

■EPISODE 3 - CANNON FODDER「大砲の街」: Katsuhiro Otomo wrote the script, directed, draw the storyboards and designed the characters of this third episode.

The Bandai Visual division, Emotion Digital Software has released Katsuhiro Otomo's omnibus animation project MEMORIES in 3 CD-ROMS for windows PC, featuring each a chapter of the animation film. The CD-ROMS include multiple bonus features such as storyboards and designs.

■EPISODE 1 - MAGNETIC ROSE「彼女の想いで」: Based on short manga by Katsuhiro Otomo was Directed by Koji Morimoto (森本 晃司)

■EPISODE 2 - STINK BOMB「最臭兵器」: Directed by Tensai Okamura (岡村 天斎), Katsuhiro Otomo was in charge of the script and the Character Designs

■EPISODE 3 - CANNON FODDER「大砲の街」: Katsuhiro Otomo wrote the script, directed, draw the storyboards and designed the characters of this third episode.

This is the last of twelve box sets that collects the the INTERNATIONAL EDITION of AKIRA that was released by Marvel / Epic Comics in the US. Each box set includes three of the US released original paperback comic books plus a booklet with the english-japanese translation. The coloring was in charge of Steve Oliff and the lettering was done by Michael Higgins.

Katsuhiro Otomo's manga AKIRA started its serialization in black and white in Young Magazine on December 20, 1982 and is the longest lasting manga series by Katsuhiro Otomo. It ran for eight years and 120 parts. AKIRA was also adapted as a full length animation movie directed by Otomo himself in 1988.

The incomplete French 31 paperback issues were republished as 14 hardcover color volumes, completing the series for the first time in France. The episodes on the issues 34 to 38 were included in vol.12 and vo.13th. Starting on vol.13 and the vol.14 in its entirety collect illustration from the art-book AKIRA CLUB.

The Spanish 38 paperback issues were republished as hardcover color volumes. The episodes on the issues 34 to 38 were included in vol.12 and vo.13th. Starting on vol.13 and the vol.14 in its entirety collect illustration from the art-book AKIRA CLUB.

This is the last issue of the four number groundbreaking miniseries BATMAN BLACK AND WHITE, which features short stories exploring every aspect of the Dark Knight, including stories by Neil Gaiman, Katsuhiro Otomo and Bruce Timm, plus pinup artwork by Alex Ross, Frank Miller and many more of the most respected creators in comics. Otomo's 8 page story BATMAN THE THIRD MASK is collected in this issue for the first time.

The first episode of BS MANGA YAMA (BSマンガ夜話), a manga related night talk TV show that starter broadcasting today in NHK-BS focuses on Katsuhiro Otomo's Dōmu (童夢) manga that was published back in the 80's.

Katsuhiro Otomo has drawn the cover illustration for KEN IISHI's album ROCK MONSTER STRIKES BACK/ EXTRA performed by the TOKYO SKA PARADISE ORCHESTRA (東京スカパラダイスオーケストラ). The illustration is contained in the page 43 of the book KABA 2.

Katsuhiro Otomo has designed the titles for the books PAAFEKUTO SABAIBARU MANYUARU: TEKKEN 2 (パーフェクトサバイバルマニュアル：鉄拳). A Perfect Survival Manual for the video game Tekken 2. Two books were release at the same time.

Katsuhiro Otomo has directed the KOORAKUEN YUUENCHI: LUNA PAAKU (後楽園ゆうえんち: ルナパーク) commercial aired on TV for the Japanese amusement park KOORAKUEN YUUENCHI (後楽園ゆうえんち). Otomo's illustrations are also been used in the printed campaign.

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Katsuhiro Otomo (大友克洋) tribute page that highlights his works and publications chronologically. Born on April 14, 1954 in Miyagi, Japan, Katsuhiro Otomo made his debut as a manga artist in 1973 with Jūsei. More about this page here >>